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  • 101luminous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. luminary, lighted, glowing; incandescent, radiant, lit, alight, self luminous; phosphorescent, luminescent; bright, resplendent; clear, lucid. See light, meaning. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. lighted …

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  • 102radiant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. shining, sparkling, glowing; splendid, resplendent, glorious. See light, beauty. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shining, luminous, radiating, beaming; see bright 1 , happy 1 . See Synonym Study at… …

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  • 103splendid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gorgeous, magnificent; heroic, glorious; resplendent; admirable, grand, excellent. See beauty, repute. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Magnificent] Syn. grand, imposing, marvelous; see beautiful 1 . 2.… …

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  • 104glorious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Characterized by glory] Syn. famous, renowned, far famed, famed, well known, distinguished, splendid, excellent, noble, venerable, exalted, grand, illustrious, notable, celebrated, esteemed, honored, eminent, preeminent …

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  • 105Light — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Light >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 light light ray beam stream gleam streak pencil Sgm: N 1 sunbeam sunbeam moonbeam Sgm: N 1 aurora aurora GRP: N 2 …

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  • 106splendid — [17] Splendid comes via French splendide from Latin splendidus, a derivative of the verb splendēre ‘shine’. This went back ultimately to the Indo European base *splēnd or *plēnd ‘bright’, which also produced Old Lithuanian splendeti ‘shine’ and… …

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  • 107resplendence — mid 15c., from L.L. resplendentia, from resplendens (see RESPLENDENT (Cf. resplendent)) …

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  • 108splendid — [adj1] luxurious, expensive baroque, beaming, beautiful, bright, brilliant, costly, dazzling, elegant, fab*, fat*, flamboyant, glittering, glowing, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, imposing, impressive, lavish, lustrous, mad*, magnificent, magnifico,… …

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  • 109splendid — [17] Splendid comes via French splendide from Latin splendidus, a derivative of the verb splendēre ‘shine’. This went back ultimately to the Indo European base *splēnd or *plēnd ‘bright’, which also produced Old Lithuanian splendeti ‘shine’ and… …

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  • 110Pharomacrus mocino — noun very rare Central American bird; the national bird of Guatemala • Syn: ↑resplendent quetzel, ↑resplendent trogon • Hypernyms: ↑quetzal, ↑quetzal bird …

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